“You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality.”

If you are positive, you’ll see opportunities instead of obstacles.

“To me, beauty is natural beauty. If you’re naturally yourself, you’re beautiful.”

“The moment we cry in a film is not when things are sad but when they turn out to be more beautiful than we expected them to be.”

“Why don’t you focus on where you’re going and less on where you came from?”

“That is what compassion does. It challenges our assumptions, our sense of self-limitation, worthlessness, of not having a place in the world, our feelings of loneliness and estrangement. These are narrow, constrictive states of mind. As we develop compassion, our hearts open.”

Be Kind, Have Grace, Give Thanks, Speak Love, and Stay Swaggy

“Instead of complaining about your circumstances, get busy and create some new ones.”

The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other’s life.

“The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.”

You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.

“Show your anger when needed. People need to know what irritates you and what doesn’t. But, crucially, remain internally calm. Your anger is only a tool. Don’t become its puppet.”